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昨晚，我跟供應商談價錢，談到半夜兩點！」一位國際筆電大廠台灣分公司的採購人員一臉苦惱：「談到半夜，對方開的價錢還是很硬。」 他負責筆電各類線材的採購，近來銅價大漲，上游供應商給他的線材報價已經跟著調高，「以前，拗一下，上游會願意砍價，這一次，對方毫不鬆口。」他坦言，隨著各種零配件價格攀高，公司內部也開始有調漲產品售價的討論 早自今年一月，美國十年期公債殖利率就開始反映通膨預期一路向上，現在看來，這片烏雲的黑影不但沒有散去，反倒像是從金融市場一路擴散，慢慢地，迫近一般民生消費。 這一片黑壓壓的通膨烏雲有多沉重？場景回到美國，五月十二日，美國勞工部公布了四月分的消費者物價指數（CPI），年增率達四．二％，遠高於三月分的二．六％與市場預估的三．六％，寫下二○○八年九月以來新高。 若考慮去年同期因為封城導致的「低基期」效應，改以月增幅來看，四月CPI月增○．八％，不僅高於三月的○．六％，亦遠超出市場預估的○．二％，創下近十三年最大增幅；若扣除波動較大的「食品」與「能源」品項，月增率更是創一九八一年以來紀錄。一連串的「意料之外」，讓隔日美股開盤各類指數同步重挫。…

「我只是想弄清楚，今天誰是公司的主席，但是，我搞不清楚，我不僅無法辨識誰在代表公司，更不知道他的『適任性』……。」吳麗莎急切地說。 來自美國明尼蘇達州（Minnesota）的她，從一九九五年起就長住台灣，還讀了台大GMBA，碩士論文以「台灣企業的環保行動」為題，說明她對台灣上市櫃公司早有觀察。於是，當她七年前加入亞洲公司治理協會（Asian CorporateGovernance Association，ACGA）後，負責的「管區」自然也就在這裡；去年底，該協會發表最新報告，台灣部分的作者欄，也印著她的英文本名Neesha Wolf。 報告裡，台灣的「公司治理」評分，在亞洲十二國位居第四，史上最佳成績；然而，今年八月底，協會報告的台灣區內容被翻譯成中文，並正式在國內公布，這才發現，吳麗莎對台灣的公司治理現況評論，不像她給台灣的分數「那般美好」。 「（台灣公司治理）規則制定了，報告提交了，問題是：有沒有發揮期望效用……？沒有，還不算有！」報告裡開宗明義地寫到，台灣公司治理架構「看起來像個成年人，但實際上，只能算是『青少年』。」…

所謂「跨界」，必須先在既有範疇踩下沉著有力的腳印，再穩健跨步到全新領域，並且又領風騷。不容易，但是富邦集團做到了！ 今年以來，集團核心事業富邦金控市值成長8成，背後動能是改寫金控業歷史紀錄的獲利表現。 另一事業富邦媒體科技同樣精采，市值狂升逾2倍，穩坐電商龍頭寶座，甚至撼動國內零售版圖。 然而他們的腳步沒有停下，還在持續不斷嘗試新的事物。對於這個站在浪尖上的老集團，你必須重新認識。 Profile 富邦集團 成立：60年 創辦人：蔡萬才 董事長：蔡明忠 上市公司： 富邦金控、台灣大哥大、富邦媒體科技 集團總市值： 1.54兆元（至10月底止） 主要非上市公司： 凱擘股份有限公司、富邦建設 跨足領域： 金融、電信、電商、有線電視、營建、體育 Profile 蔡明忠（左） 出生：1956年 現職：台灣大哥大董事長 經歷： 富邦金控董事長 學歷： 台大法律系美國喬治城大學法學碩士 家庭： 育有2子2女，蔡承穎、蔡承道、蔡承融、蔡承翰 Profile 蔡明興（右） 出生：1957年 現職：富邦金控董事長 經歷： 富邦綜合證券董事長 學歷： 台大商學系美國紐約大學史登商學碩士 家庭：…

很多人忘了，台積第一張大單，其實來自英特爾。 一九八八年，時任英特爾執行長的葛洛夫（Andrew Grove）來到台灣，決定順道過來剛成立一年的台積電看看。 當時台積只有一條移轉自工研院的六吋晶圓產線，三微米製程，「落後英特爾跟德州儀器二．五個世代，但我們良率不錯，讓他印象深刻說，『也許英特爾可以用你們，』」台積電創辦人張忠謀曾在二○一一年美國《聖荷西水星報》的專訪說。 根據清大教授洪世章《打造創新路徑》一書的訪談，當時英特爾提了兩百個刁鑽的問題，台積一一解決，才在一年後通過了英特爾的認證，得以代工部份的處理器與晶片組。 張忠謀曾告訴部屬，為英特爾代工的過程，「顯著提升台積的工程能力。」 更重要的是，有當時全世界最先進的科技公司背書，取得其他廠家的訂單，就容易多了。這是台積成立初期業績起飛的一大關鍵。 台積攻：率先量產七奈米 張忠謀：只是要他們把製造生意讓給我 然而，三十多年後，情況扭轉。二○一八年，台積成功量產七奈米製程之後，終結了英特爾蟬聯多年的半導體技術龍頭地位。 這家巨無霸的產業地位，因此岌岌可危。在個人電腦、伺服器的市佔，也快速流失。…

決戰十二月十八日，「四大公投」投票日剩下不到一個月，正、反方展開大辯論，互不相讓。 四大提案中，包括是否同意重啟核四（位於新北貢寮的龍門核能發電廠）、中油第三天然氣接收站（桃園觀塘液化天然氣接收站，以下簡稱三接）遷離桃園大潭藻礁海岸這兩案，牽動台灣「減煤增氣」、「非核家園」的能源轉型路線是否還能持續走下去。 涉及供電、減空汙、生態保護等層面的三接，從連署、成案，不同主張持續交鋒、爭吵不斷，公投若過，目前已施工近三年的三接要停工遷更是一場影響台灣能源轉型成敗的關鍵戰役。 想像一下，當台灣不要核電、不要燃煤造成空汙、要持續減碳，要綠電、天然氣等能源轉型，也要台積電、台商回流等經濟發展，又期待供電穩定、不缺電，同時還能顧及環境生態……，怎麼可能做到？這是正反雙方交鋒的火線時刻，也是全民價值選擇的關鍵時刻，這時，沒有人是局外人，取捨絕對是必要的。 三接爭議，到底吵什麼？釐清四大關鍵提問，答案或許跟你想的不一樣。 關鍵提問１》遷三接影響供電？ 全台調度更吃緊 關鍵提問一：三接遷離現址，不會影響電力供應？答案是，不只電力調度更吃緊，減煤成果也可能倒退。 打開經濟部能源局二○ 一九、二○…

WHEN THE SPECIALIZED Aethos Comp Rival launched, I said, “I think we have an early favorite in the race for 2021’s road bike of the year.” In this case, my prediction was accurate. But before I tell you why this bike won, some backstory on the Aethos is necessary. The Aethos made a splash when it launched because it’s a fantastic riding bike, but also because it’s a shocking bike for a company as invested in racing and aerodynamics as Specialized. It’s a bike designed with all the tools and experience they use to make their highly successful race models, but the Aethos was not, specifically, made for racing. Its clean non-aero design, simple graphics, freakishly low frame weight (585 grams, claimed), and common standards—round 27.2mm seatpost! Threaded BB! Standard handlebar…

三月九日， 新北地檢兵分多路，搜索公司分別登記在板橋與新竹的智鈊、芯道互聯兩家公司，檢方經過三年追查，這兩家公司疑是中國「比特大陸」的孫公司，三年來在台灣至少挖角超過二百位台積電、聯發科的工程師，甚至可能竊取製程技術……。 其中，智鈊負責人顏進忠的臉書履歷上，就大剌剌寫著，「曾在晨星半導體工作」，而芯道互聯負責人黃志輝曾是日月光員工，兩人透過產業人脈，以高薪大肆挖角台灣人才。 當台灣還沉浸在護國神山的光環，對半導體產業的全球競爭力信心滿滿之際，其實，它早就被啃食於不知不覺中。 不只比特大陸，有多少中國IC設計公司早就在台灣埋伏多年？ 今年初，中國工信部發布「集成電路標準化技術委員會」籌建通知，同時公布涵蓋九十家機構的籌建委員名單，這則通知被視為中國「發展本土半導體產業」的重要宣示。 但你可能不知道，在這份名單中，如一般民眾或投資者耳熟能詳的騰訊、中芯、紫光，乃至於在不同領域位居中國產業要角的長江存儲、合肥長鑫、兆易創新、智芯微電子等，這些被工信部認證是「中國半導體國家隊」的業者，恐怕都已透過不同形式，「布局」台灣。…

ON NORTHERN VIETNAM’S RED RIVER Delta, the world’s most ambitious electric-vehicle (EV) upstart occupies a factory complex fringed with mango trees and palms. Outside VinFast’s plant by the port city of Haiphong, fishermen in conical hats still plumb mudflats for grass carp and tilapia; inside, each car negotiates an overhead ergonomic conveyor assembly line measuring 2.5 miles. A gauntlet of 1,250 robot arms, twirling like pneumatic ballerinas, adds some 3,000 components and welds rivet after rivet in a flurry of sparks. Everything here is top of the line: machinery sourced from Germany, Japan, Sweden. Welding is 98% automated. Capacity is 250,000 cars a year. Impressively, instead of individual assembly lines tailored for each vehicle, the facility can simultaneously assemble multiple models on the same line. Even more impressively, Google Maps shows…

TELL IT STRAIGHT Harking back to the 1990s, spring/summer’s most prolific hair trend is poker-straight tresses, parted right down the middle. “It felt very Linda, Naomi and Cindy,” says Damien Boissinot of the glossy looks he styled for Chanel. “It creates a feeling of natural luxury, and shows off hair strength and quality.” Certainly, while rooted in nostalgia, there was a sleekness and precision to the cuts, which made hair feel fresh, clean and modern. “Yes, the hair is reflective of the ’90s,” says Eugene Souleiman, who reimagined the look at Stella McCartney, “but there is one difference: there is zero product used that takes away the severity.” It was the same at Versace and Fendace, where Guido Palau created epically proportioned pin-straight locks with mirror-like shine. In short: glamorous, sexy…

Many photos exist of the airplanes flown by German ace Erich Hartmann during World War II. However, there are no images of the fighter he piloted during the final days of the war in Europe. The Luftwaffe often assigned the latest equipment to its aces, so it’s probable that Hartmann’s fighter wing, JG 52, received Bf 109K-4s as the war wound down. But did Hartmann fly one? Without photographic proof, I based my paint scheme on standard factory appearances and included the black tulip, double chevrons, and Hartmann’s characteristic red heart emblazoned with Usch, his wife Ursula’s nickname. I also included the yellow identification bands used toward the end of the war and seen on other JG 52 fighters. Final Thoughts I ELIMINATED THE WHEEL COVERS, as was often done with K-4s. A…

FROM THE WASHINGTON POST Two years ago, my daughter, Samantha, graduated from college. She went on to start her first full-time job and go apartment hunting with her best friend. These milestones, bittersweet for most parents, have felt monumental to me. As Sammie steps into her future, our family stands on the precipice of a life we didn’t dare contemplate before now. Because, until recently, I still believed I would outlive her. My daughter was almost two when we learned she had cystic fibrosis (CF), a progressive genetic disease that affects breathing, digestion and other functions while slowly destroying the lungs. She had been dropping weight for months, her once plump arms reduced to sticks, her belly distended. A sweat test detected CF, which a blood test confirmed. “The good news is the…

Profile ESG 又稱責任投資或永續投資，指投資人在選擇投資的企業時，不只關注傳統財務指標，還著重企業在環境保護（E）、社會責任（S）、公司治理（G）三面向的表現，是一種更全面評估企業的投資方式。 「本基金『未』以永續投資為目標，亦『未』以環境或社會特色為訴求……。」 二月初，在台灣核備發行的某境外基金系列全面修改公開說明書，其中有多檔基金，就在說明書加入了上面那一段話。在「ESG」、「永續投資」成為金融市場最夯關鍵字的當下，這句表明自家基金並未鎖定永續、環境、社會議題的標註，簡直是百分百的「政治不正確」。 不只一家，三月以來，國內各投信、投顧業者也都忙著擬妥信函寄給投資人，告知他們，公司所代理的部分境外基金即將修改公開說明書內容；很快的，這些基金也得毫無模糊空間地對外交代，自己究竟是不是「以永續投資為目標」。…

Julia Sarr-Jamois is wrestling with a rack of puffer jackets. “The puffer situation is a bit out of control,” she admits, counting out the multicoloured array squished into the custom-made pippy-oak cupboards that line the hallway of her south London apartment. “That’s Balenciaga, that’s Moschino & Palace, Alaïa, Yeezy & Gap… I’ve got at least 17 here. That’s crazy!” She giggles. “Wanna see the bags?” The 34-year-old fashion director of British Vogue doesn’t have a style signature. “I like to mix it up, because I really love fashion,” she says. “Sometimes I want to be all pared-back and chic in black, then the next day I’ll wear camo with a fluorescent jumper and a puffer jacket.” Her skill is in combining unexpected elements – a utilitarian jumpsuit with a powder-pink blazer…

在退休金理財的規畫中，ESG（環境、社會及公司治理）應被視為一項重要影響因素。」 「在退休金理財的規畫中，必須納入氣候變遷對投資環境影響的考量。」 「在退休金理財的規畫中，必須將減少碳排等相關法規納入重要風險考量。」 這三句話，是白紙黑字的法規條文，法規的名稱，是《雇員退休收入保障法》（ERISA），主管機關，是美國勞工部。 這套法規所管理的對象，是美國民間機構退休金，以美國401K退休儲蓄計畫為大宗。顧名思義，立法的目的，是為了確保每一位退休金管理者，都能用正確合理的投資邏輯，讓民眾的退休理財穩健增值。 上述新規，在今年十月十四日被「加入」了這套法規之中。換句話說，美國勞工部所規範的「正確合理」退休金投資邏輯，自此，納入了「ESG永續投資」；新規並且強調，ESG，可以成為「預設」的投資策略。 「美國一般民眾沒在理財，退休規畫的資金，多半都是交給401K計畫經理人。」美國退休協會（ARA）執行長格拉夫（Brian…

Founded by Pacific Microsonics alumni Michael Ritter and Michael “Pflash” Pflaumer, Berkeley Audio Design entered the market in 2008 with the excellent $4995 Alpha DAC—a component that I used and enjoyed for many years at the front of some very high-end electronics and loudspeakers. Although I had much more expensive DACs available to me, the original Alpha DAC had a certain sound quality that I didn’t want to give up. Later, Berkeley Audio launched the significantly more ambitious Reference DAC. The Reference delivered performance far above that of the Alpha, establishing a benchmark against which all other DACs could be compared, regardless of price. That’s not hyperbole: The Reference DAC (now $25,000 in Series 3 configuration) remained undefeated for many years despite facing a veritable parade of expensive competition. It…

The iPad Pro has become something of a workhorse in recent years, offering professionals an alternative to a laptop with cutting-edge capabilities and software. At this year’s Spring Loaded event, Apple supercharged its flagship tablet with the M1 chip and Thunderbolt support, unlocking even greater opportunities for creatives in need of an all-in-one machine. BRINGING THE POWER OF THE MAC TO iPAD Though this year’s iPad Pro refresh didn’t quite get the same level of attention as the all-new iMac, which received its biggest design overhaul since its inception 22 years ago, it’s an impressive upgrade all the same. Following on from the success of the MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, and Mac mini, which were supercharged with an M1 chip last year , Apple has decided to bring the power of its…

海運價格持續飛漲，全球貨櫃業進入國力競賽的關鍵時刻，台灣航運三雄的真正實力，在股票市場過度炒作的投機風下，卻被模糊了焦點。 長榮海運由張國華家族主導，睥睨台灣航空、海運界多年；陽明海運則有最大股東官股護體，唯有近洋海運龍頭萬海航運，資歷最久，外界最為陌生。 今年五十五歲的陳柏廷，超過一半人生都投入海運，面對航運業大爆發，這位低調神祕的海王子首度發出感言，砥礪員工，更在這波航運業史上最瘋狂的景氣中，安不忘危地擘畫萬海轉骨變身的下一步。 萬海航運去年整年賺了一一三億元，是前年的三倍多，是大前年的整整十倍。今年光是第一季就大賺了一四六億元，剛剛好等於過去二年的獲利加總。今年，法人預估一口氣要賺超過過去十年的獲利加總。 面對這突如其來的獲利大爆發，讓航運股一躍成為今年上半年台股最吸睛的男主角，外界當然更好奇，身處旋風核心的航運業老闆，是不是更喜不自勝、甚至得意忘形？…

Profile 莊榮德 出生：1946年 現職：海霸王集團總裁 經歷：海霸王證券董事長、熱炒攤老闆、肉雞批發商 學歷： 美國加州大學榮譽博士、初中畢業 家庭：已婚，育3子1女 午後一陣大雨刷洗過後，還是掩不住空氣裡的溼熱，高雄前鎮漁港旁的工人，一輛輛工程車進出沒有停過，忙碌地進行工程。 「這裡好久沒有這麼熱鬧了！」路旁的臨時檳榔攤小姐說；前鎮漁港位在高雄港的港區內，每天靠港的漁船在這裡下貨，隨著季節有不同的海產魚貨，高雄港是全台灣漁獲量最多、也是船舶噸位最大的漁港。 正在港區內加緊趕工的，是海霸王投資、未來將是全台最大的「複合型冷凍物流園區」，整個園區占地二千七百多坪，目前正在興建一棟十層樓高的大樓，工程進度已經躍上地面四層樓，預計二○二三年就要完工正式營運。 海霸王不只要在這裡開海產餐廳、成立冷凍食品加工廠、冷鏈倉儲，還會有許多共享、新創辦公室的空間，提供給對拍賣魚貨有興趣的年輕人。未來海霸王希望創造最新魚貨拍賣方式，每天漁港的漁船靠港卸貨，樓上新創公司就可以直接在樓下進貨，然後透過在樓上直播、直接銷售。 回台投資 高雄打造全新冷凍物流園區…

Profile CPTPP 正式名稱： 跨太平洋夥伴全面進步協定（Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership） 生效時間：2018年12月30日 會員國： 紐西蘭、新加坡、澳洲、越南、加拿大、墨西哥、日本、祕魯、馬來西亞、智利、汶萊11國完成簽署協定。前８國已完成國內批准程序，協議生效。 申請中：英國、中國、台灣 規模： 人口5.02億，占全球7％；總GDP為10.8兆美元，占全球13.1％，是亞太區僅次於中國主導RCEP的第二大區域經濟組織。 經過10年耐心等待，台灣政府終於正式遞件，申請加入《跨太平洋夥伴全面進步協定》（CPTPP）。 這是台灣拒絕在區域經貿整合浪潮中遭邊緣化的關鍵一搏，也是讓經濟動能不再過度依賴電子資通訊產品的絕佳契機。 但貿易談判從來不是容易的任務，中國搶先一步申請加入，又讓情勢更為錯綜複雜。 加入CPTPP的種種考驗，也是台灣再一次啟動經濟轉型的試煉。 「十年磨一劍」，是最能精準詮釋台灣與《跨太平洋夥伴全面進步協定》（CPTPP）之間關係的一句話…

WHEN MONICA LEWINSKY EMERGED IN 2014 AFTER A DECADE OF QUIET EXISTENCE, SHE HAD A MESSAGE TO SHARE. SHE ALSO HAD A MASTER’S DEGREE IN SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, EARNED IN LONDON WHERE SHE HUNKERED DOWN FOR GRAD SCHOOL. VANITY FAIR PRINTED HER EXCLUSIVE FIRST-PERSON COMEBACK STORY IN 2014. THEN SHE TOOK the stage to tell of life after becoming “that woman” in one of history’s most widely broadcast sex scandals: “I went from being a completely private figure to a publicly humiliated one, worldwide,” Lewinsky says in her 2015 TED Talk, which now has more than 18 million views. “I was patient zero of losing a personal reputation on the global scale, almost instantaneously.” The infamous 1998 incident with President Bill Clinton occurred at the dawn of the internet age — a…

Profile 全聯 成 立：1998年 董事長：林敏雄 資本額：30億元 營 收：2020年1450億元 主要業務：超市、量販、零售 Profile 林敏雄 出生：1950年 主要事業： 元利建設（董事長）、全聯實業（董事長）、華泰商銀（常務董事） 經歷：台北企銀辦事員 學歷： 台北商專（現為台北商業大學）夜間部 十月二十二日晚上八點多，超市之王全聯宣布收購法國歐尚集團（Auchan）及潤泰集團所持有的大潤發股權；簡單一紙新聞稿，竟牽動台灣零售市場四兆元產值的霸主爭奪戰。 超市之王把量販二哥納入麾下後，未來，全聯加總大潤發的年營收，有望突破一七○○億元，比超商霸主統一超的一六八一億元還要高。 這樁併購案，是全聯董事長林敏雄在台灣零售業的登頂之戰！ 「全聯與大潤發，將成為台灣零售業的全通路無敵玩家（unbeatable omnichannel player）！」大潤發賣家歐尚集團董事長Edgard Bonte這樣說。…

AUTHORS WHEN WE FIRST traveled to China, in the early 1990s, it was very different from what we see today. Even in Beijing many people wore Mao suits and cycled everywhere; only senior Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials used cars. In the countryside life retained many of its traditional elements. But over the next 30 years, thanks to policies aimed at developing the economy and increasing capital investment, China emerged as a global power, with the second-largest economy in the world and a burgeoning middle class eager to spend. One thing hasn’t changed, though: Many Western politicians and business executives still don’t get China. Believing, for example, that political freedom would follow the new economic freedoms, they wrongly assumed that China’s internet would be similar to the freewheeling and often politically disruptive…

我們是美國，沒有什麼事情是我們無法一起做到的！」美國時間七月四日晚間，美國總統拜登在白宮南草坪舉辦的國慶日園遊會上，用這段話，為將近十五分鐘的致詞作結。 這場約千人出席的「派對」，相較於七月一日在北京天安門廣場舉行的中共建黨百年慶祝大典，規格顯得迷你；拜登著重美國如何逐漸擺脫疫情陰霾的談話，也明顯少了中共總書記習近平一番警告外來勢力恐將「頭破血流」的霸氣。 兩大強權，一周內的兩場慶典，東方巨龍的聲勢更為浩大，但華裔美籍的中國研究專家裴敏欣在中共建黨百年大典隔天撰文評論，對中國而言，「拜登，可能是更可怕的敵人。」理由是：「不同於川普以侮辱、威脅和關稅疏遠盟友，拜登修復了美國的聯盟，成功形塑一條相對團結的抗中戰線。」 六月，當台灣社會聚焦於新冠疫情，太平洋另一端的拜登政府則是連續出手，從最外顯的地緣政治，到5G戰、科技戰、金融戰，都像是在這一個月內完成了關鍵布陣，上任至今許多曖昧或決斷的背後意義，也似乎在此一個月間豁然開朗，攸關全球政經格局的「拜登規則」瞬間清晰──如同裴敏欣的解讀，這是一套「比川普更兇狠」的對中戰略。…

落地窗內，多位身著綠色制服的華為門市人員，正忙著回應顧客對購置手機的需求；落地窗外，餐廳與手搖飲料店滿溢著排隊的人流。離開落地窗，沿著這條中國知名的步行街往東走，一路上，熙來攘往的當地行人與觀光客摩肩接踵，搭配歡鬧喧譁的交談聲，一切乍看明朗而美好……。過去三年，因為疫情導致的經濟陰影似乎已快速淡去，眼前，是一片欣欣向榮的消費復甦景象。 時間，四月中，地點，是上海的指標商圈南京路。 據上海復旦大學消費市場大數據實驗室統計顯示，今年二月，上海全市線下消費總額年增率○．八％，全市餐飲業和住宿業消費達到二○一九年一月統計以來的最高水準。 另一方面，衡量服務業表現的中國非製造業採購經理人指數（PMI），在三月分來到五十八．二，創下一一年五月以來新高；至於服務業PMI分項指標，則達到五十六．九，亦寫下一二年三月以來紀錄。 「大家，都被關太久了。」談及這股由「報復性消費」帶起的中國復甦動能，在上海擔任汽車業務銷售的雲芳（化名）向《今周刊》表示。…

Profile 台塑集團 成 立：1954年 總 裁：王文淵 員工數：近12萬人 事業版圖： 包含「台塑四寶」台塑、南亞、台化、台塑化，以及南亞科、南電、福懋、福懋科、台勝科，共9家 廠區位置：台灣、中國、美國、越南、菲律賓、印尼2020年業績：總營收1.7兆元、年減17.9%總稅前利益1314億元、年減36.2%產業地位：全球第6大化工集團 2019年碳排量（國內企業排名）: 台塑化：2752萬噸（1） 台化：833萬噸（4） 台塑：792萬噸（5） 南亞：555萬噸（8） 四寶合計約4932萬噸 資料來源：台塑集團官網、C&EN、環保署溫室氣體登錄平台2021年5月公布之「2019盤查登錄現況分析」 七月，日正當中，嘉義東石漁港進入鮮蚵採收季。海堤外，漁船載著一簍簍的魚貨返港，海堤內，卸下蚵殼的尼龍繩，與使用同樣材質的漁網，一綑捆成堆擺放，這些廢棄物即將被送往的，不是垃圾場，而是二十五公里外、去年啟用的台化新港耐隆回收廠。 這些進廠後的舊網具，將搖身一變成為美國戶外品牌Patagonia的衣帽，這門「漁網變衣飾」業務，是台塑四寶當中的台化，近三年布局的小生意之一。…

TRENDSETTERS and TRAILBLAZERS who are guiding the way to a BRIGHTER future TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET AND I ARE ON the run, chasing down Sixth Avenue on a bright September day in search of a place to talk. The restaurant in Greenwich Village where we had planned to meet ended up getting swarmed by NYU students while I was waiting for him, chattering excitedly to one another—“Timothée Chalamet is here!” “Shut up!” “Yeah, he’s right outside!”—so, trying to avoid a deluge of selfie seekers, I bolt from the table, tapping Chalamet on the shoulder where he stands under the awning, on the phone, and we make our escape. Face covered with a mask and hoodie pulled up over his curly hair, he’s mostly incognito but still cuts a distinct enough figure that we’d…

Darren Clark lives in Michigan, where he used to receive dismal internet speeds ranging from 2.5Mbps to 3.5Mbps. The DSL internet was so bad that he’d have to drive his family elsewhere to find faster broadband and finish software and game downloads. “Many times, we ended up going to McDonald’s or out to the local Meijer grocery store for internet access,” he told PCMag. But in recent days, Clark’s home internet is getting speeds between 10Mbps and 100Mbps. The reason? He’s among the first people to try out Starlink’s Best Effort tier, the latest offering from SpaceX’s satellite internet service. “I have to say, Starlink Best Effort is a lifesaver for me and my family,” he said. “My kids are amazed that a 1GB download can finish in a couple of minutes instead…

SEAGULLS, SHIPS, AND CRASHING WAVES SING to the residents of Mahón, a storied town on the Spanish island of Menorca. In an 18th-century villa on one of the oldest streets in town, this seaside symphony weaves seamlessly through layers of history. The house was most recently rehabilitated by the Madrid-based designer Lorenzo Castillo for one of his longtime clients. “Above everything, Lorenzo is an antiques dealer,” says the man, who has commissioned 10 projects from Castillo over the last two decades. “Because of this, he is very coherent in how he blends fabrics and furniture. The house in Menorca is a mishmash of things, but there is a connecting thread.” In this instance, the client, a father of four who lives in London and Madrid, proved a congenial copycat; he asked…

A VPN can protect your web traffic from being snooped on by your ISP while also making it much harder for spies and advertisers to track you online. Unlike most VPN services, NordVPN offers a bit of everything on top of that basic protection. It has a large and diverse collection of servers, an impressive arsenal of rarely seen tools, and strong privacy and security practices. It also uses the latest WireGuard technology. Despite its high cost, it still impresses, and it earns our Editors’ Choice award. PROS: Uses WireGuard VPN technology. Multihop, split-tunneling, and Tor connections. Numerous server locations. Strong customer privacy stance. Easy to use. CONS: Expensive. Occasionally cramped interface. BOTTOM LINE: NordVPN packs topnotch protection and other privacy features into a slick client, powered by the latest VPN technology. It’s…

If there’s anyone who embodies the SoCal spirit, it’s Paige Mycoskie. Blue-eyed and sun-kissed with a mess of wavy blonde hair, the Aviator Nation founder looks like she just stepped off a surfboard. “Being in the water is huge for me—I’m a Pisces,” says Mycoskie, arriving at an Aviator Nation outpost in Austin, Texas, where she also has a home. She might be more than 1,000 miles from the Pacific, but she’s in a half-buttoned Hawaiian shirt, ripped jeans and a pair of dark-tinted Aviator (natch) sunglasses. Nailed to the walls around her are surfboards, waterskis and Jimi Hendrix posters, all things she collects. But don’t let her laid-back look and breezy talk fool you. The 42-year-old has worked her way from stitching together T-shirts on her Venice Beach kitchen table 16…

An Afghan man I’ll call “Mohammed” saved my life. It was 2001, just over two months since the Sept. 11 attacks, when Mohammed drove me into Afghanistan as Kabul was falling. He spirited me through a Taliban checkpoint between Jalalabad and the capital, where, an hour or so later, a car full of journalists were brutally killed. Mohammed found me, then a CBS News reporter, a safe place to stay in chaotic post-Taliban Kabul. That’s what a “fixer” is for a foreign correspondent: part translator, part driver, part MacGyver. Every time I returned to the country, I would check on him and his family. And if I asked, he would drive me to hell, and back. In 2015, three men beat and stabbed Mohammed’s 18-year-old son, saying he was being punished because…

In 2019, just before the pandemic broke out and all international travel came to a halt, my Singapore-based younger sister insisted my mother and I join her for the Christmas holidays. My mum, who I’ve always perceived as a fearless woman, would get strangely nervous on flights, overwhelmed by the long-winded onboarding procedures and endless travelling hours. Perhaps the only thing that convinced her to overcome her fears was the fact that it would give us a much-needed chance to piece together our flailing bond, fraught by a galaxy of differences. There was another highlight to the trip for my mother – a return to the place where she spent her honeymoon in 1989. Fast-forward 30 years, she would be walking down nostalgia lane with her now grown-up child. “I never…

An AMG super saloon without a V8? Unthinkable to some. But soon a reality. A new Mercedes C-Class arrives in 2021, and its AMG C63 crowning glory is set to be revealed before the year’s out, packing not eight but four cylinders under its muscular bonnet – plus a lot of electronics. Mercedes pulled the plug early on the outgoing V8-powered C63 because of the pending CO2-related penalties on each vehicle sold. So 2021’s C63 AMG 4-Matic+ EQ Power Sport will be dramatically more efficient, while beating the current V8 C63 on power, torque and performance. This is by far the most complex C-Class ever, combining combustion power with three electric support acts. AMG’s M139 turbo engine (as seen in the A45 S hyper hatch) is aided by an electric rear-wheel-drive unit…

晚上十點，城市早已入睡，「太陽」卻仍高照。手機螢幕上跳出「Sun」的來電，Sun是「自力耕生」創辦人孫宗德的英文名字，人如其名，電話那頭聲音裡依然充滿活力，「不好意思啦！這麼晚打來，想跟妳討論一下明天訪問的題目。」他逐一念出問題，模擬回答之餘還不時問：「妳聽聽看，這樣講怎麼樣？不行的話，我再想想怎麼說更好。」電話那頭傳來翻動紙張的聲音，像是審慎準備了十幾頁筆記。 乍聽之下，還以為是半夜苦讀的研究生，但他的真實身分是台灣在地寵物溼食最大品牌「汪喵星球」創辦人，創業短短八年，就成為台灣寵物食品溼食龍頭。估算台灣每五位寵物飼主，就有一人是汪喵星球的客戶，扣除前兩年摸索期，汪喵星球僅花六年就達到二○％的滲透率，而且去年已經拿下台灣寵物溼食市場的一成市占率。放眼台灣林林總總數十個本土寵物溼食品牌，不是剛站上起跑點，就是跑速不快，難望汪喵星球項背。 溼食 寵物溼食包含主食罐頭、副食罐頭和生食等。 Profile孫宗德 出生：1990年 現職：自力耕生創辦人、清大Young Ten召集人 學歷： 清華大學材料系雙主修電機系學士 家庭：已婚 Profile自力耕生（股） 成 立：2013年…

今年四月，他們找上了我，希望我幫助他們拓展台灣市場。」澳洲墨爾本台商會長葉芳如口中的「他們」，是澳洲知名保健品大廠斯維詩（Swisse）。 「這是以前沒有發生過的⋯⋯。」長年經營澳台之間物流與電商業務的葉芳如回憶，過去斯維詩只有一個專責部門負責出口，該部門對外接洽業務的國家，基本上也只有一個，「就是中國。」 但今年初，原本只與中國代理商談的斯維詩，特別從出口部門拉出十幾個人，另外成立東南亞市場部門，其中，葉芳如強調，又以台灣為重心。 為何斯維詩突然開始重視台灣與東南亞市場？表層原因，是這個澳洲品牌在中國市場的銷量快速惡化，今年首季，斯維詩的中國業績竟比去年同期疫情猛爆期間更慘，營收驟降逾一○％。 交惡開端 澳洲追問病毒源頭 遭中國出招重擊 至於造成中國市場銷量崩落的深層原因，葉芳如坦言，是過去一年中國與澳洲關係的快速惡化。…

Anne was in the prime of her career — a trial lawyer working as a partner for a major law firm in Cincinnati — when she began to lose her mind. A fitness enthusiast, Anne was only 50 when she realized something was amiss. “The first thing I noticed was that my hands would begin to shake while I was sitting at my desk,” she recalls. Perplexed, she went to see a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, who referred her for CT and MRI scans; both came back normal. She was given a diagnosis of essential tremor disorder, a progressive but not life-threatening condition. But within months, new symptoms began to appear: brain fog, memory loss, problems with reading and understanding even the simplest sentences. The work she had excelled at throughout…

The ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus said you can’t step in the same river twice. If he were alive today and had an eye for design, he would probably say the same about Vicente Wolf’s Manhattan loft. Ever since the 1980s, when the interior designer acquired and combined two units in a 1928 brick factory building in Hell’s Kitchen, the gestalt has been the same: white walls and a white-painted floor; explosions of greenery cheered on by a dozen huge windows (“Here, no plant dies,” he says); and furniture and decorative objects that he designed or retrieved from the four corners of the earth. (Wolf is a notoriously adventurous traveler. While other people were skiing or enjoying beach vacations this winter, he was in Sudan.) Certainly anyone who dipped a toe into…

自從我們建立了洲際公路系統、打贏了太空爭霸賽，美國就再也沒有足堪比擬的計畫，直到現在……。這是二戰以來美國最大的一筆投資！」美國總統拜登（Joe Biden）四月七日發表這段演說時，語氣其實頗為平淡。畢竟，他在一周前的三月底已對外公布這項計畫，今天頂多算是補充說明。 他的後方站著美國副總統賀錦麗（Kamala Harris），再後方則是一片背板。在拜登所屬民主黨代表色藍色襯底的背板上，畫著幾位在高塔上賣命施工的工人剪影，簡單卻精準，傳達了這項計畫的基本意涵。 它的名稱是「美國就業計畫」（American Jobs Plan，簡稱AJP），短期目標是創造就業機會，達標的手段是翻修、興建美國基礎建設；而拜登四月七日的「補充說明」，則成功強化了這項計畫的想像空間，一種史詩級般的想像空間。 他說這是「二戰以來最大投資」，這句話憑藉的，是二．六五兆美元的計畫總額。即使扣掉其中關於「綠能產業租稅抵免」的四千億美元，政府支出的手筆仍達二．二五兆美元，相當於六十三兆元台幣。…

STEP 1 BUILD A NEW NEUE KLASSE Reaching for a comforting squeeze of the past while contemplating the seismic changes of the near future is nothing new in contemporary car making. But BMW is reaching and squeezing on a different scale to most. Where the likes of Honda and Renault looked back and drew inspiration for a couple of individual cars to create the cute E and the R5 (see page 86), BMW is looking to an entire generation of machines, the Neue Klasse of the ’60s and ’70s. Why? Because so much that made, and continues to make, BMW great (including the combustion engine) is going out of the window. After a bumpy start, Munich’s electrification starts here, in earnest. With the i3 and i8, BMW went electric early, got burned,…

When interior designer Peter Mikic first stepped inside his stuccoed Notting Hill town house a decade ago, he was greeted by a band of pigeons. “They’d totally taken over the third floor,” he says. Originally two properties, it had been converted in the 1970s into a 22-bedroom hotel by ripping out staircases, blocking up entrances and wreaking havoc with the historic features. “It was in such a bad state that you couldn’t even open the back door,” says Mikic. Undeterred, the Australian, who is a master of metamorphosis, swiftly set about transforming the space into the opulent five-bedroomed home he now shares with his television producer partner Sebastian Scott. “I just love it here,” says Mikic of the area where Stella McCartney and Jeremy Irons are neighbours. “It’s quiet, but step…

FRANCES HAUGEN IS IN THE BACK OF a Paris taxi, waving a piece of sushi in the air. The cab is on the way to a Hilton hotel, where this November afternoon she is due to meet with the French digital economy minister. The Eiffel Tower appears briefly through the window, piercing a late-fall haze. Haugen is wolfing down lunch on the go, while recalling an episode from her childhood. The teacher of her gifted and talented class used to play a game where she would read to the other children the first letter of a word from the dictionary and its definition. Haugen and her classmates would compete, in teams, to guess the word. “At some point, my classmates convinced the teacher that it was unfair to put me on…

BACKBONE ONE: PLAYSTATION EDITION This PlayStation-inspired controller seamlessly hooks up to your iPhone so you can play PS games on the go. In the collapsed position, it’s even smaller than a Nintendo Switch, taking up less space in your travel bag. $100; playbackbone.com AVENTON LEVEL.2 COMMUTER E-BIKE Aventon’s latest e-bike has an updated torque sensor for a buttery-smooth ride, and its integrated lights mean more visibility on the road. $1,949; aventon.com DJI AVATA This new drone connects to a pair of HD goggles and an easyto-use remote control, allowing you to zip through any room or landscape in 4K. Boasting an impressive 18-minute flight time, DJI’s second first-person-view drone really makes you feel like you’re flying IRL. $1,388 (with goggles, remote); store.dji.com GOPRO HERO11 BLACK MINI This is the budget video camera to buy. It offers the…

I never wanted to be an astrophysicist. While a lot of my colleagues were looking through amateur telescopes, I was dreaming of decoding hieroglyphics and brushing off hidden artifacts in newly discovered Ancient Egyptian tombs. As is the case with most young Egyptophiles, for me there was one story that captured the excitement of Ancient Egyptian discoveries more than any other: the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. In November 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter held up a candle and peered through a small drill hole in the tomb door. His patron, Lord Carnarvon, asked him if he could see anything, to which Carter, struck dumb with amazement, could only reply, “Yes, wonderful things, wonderful things!” He recounted later that, in the dim candlelight, “details of the room emerged slowly from…

“I HATE NETWORKING.” We hear this all the time from executives, other professionals, and MBA students. They tell us that networking makes them feel uncomfortable and phony—even dirty. Although some people have a natural passion for it—namely, the extroverts who love and thrive on social interaction—many understandably see it as brownnosing, exploitative, and inauthentic. But in today’s world, networking is a necessity. A mountain of research shows that professional networks lead to more job and business opportunities, broader and deeper knowledge, improved capacity to innovate, faster advancement, and greater status and authority. Building and nurturing professional relationships also improves the quality of work and increases job satisfaction. When we studied 165 lawyers at a large North American law firm, for example, we found that their success depended on their ability to network…

In Kyrgyzstan, a member of parliament urgently called on the government to start creating jobs and setting up temporary housing for the information technology professionals now arriving daily from Russia. Even a poor Central Asian nation that exports cheap migrant labor for Russian construction sites and fast-food restaurants looks like a safe haven to thousands of educated Russians fleeing the cataclysm Vladimir Putin created by invading Ukraine. This can no longer be described as brain drain: It’s a stampede for the exits. Konstantin Sonin, an economist at the University of Chicago, has estimated that some 200,000 Russians fled in the first 10 days of the invasion—to Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Israel—any country that admits Russians visa-free. That’s a small number compared with the 2.8 million refugees who’ve left Ukraine, but…

In the kitchen of her Tribeca apartment in downtown New York, one blustery afternoon in spring, Gisele Bündchen is in full domestic goddess mode: mandolin slicer in one hand, freshly peeled carrot in the other; her undone beachy waves falling over a grey cashmere sweater. With its pristine marble countertops, minimalist oak-panelled floor-to-ceiling cabinets and sweeping views of the Financial District, she might only spend a few nights each year at her Manhattan home, but it is immediately clear I have floated into supermodel land. “What kind of tea can I get you?” she says, flinging open her pantry. Boxes are fastidiously organised by herb type: fennel, chamomile, peppermint. Although she hasn’t touched coffee in years, her energy levels would suggest otherwise. Bündchen is full of beans, speaking non-stop in delighted…

FOR YEARS, sunscreen was about utility. Shopping for one meant scanning the SPF aisle, looking at the same familiar brands, and picking a sensible option—the beauty equivalent of taking your medicine (and just as important since sunscreen is the most preventative anti-aging product, helping stave off lines and wrinkles and, of course, prevent skin cancer). All that’s changed in the past couple of years. According to the data-analysis firm Spate, in 2021, online searches for sunscreens that don’t leave a white cast were up a whopping 610 percent compared with 2019. “Consumers aren’t willing to give up cosmetic elegance anymore, and companies are rising to the challenge to make a sunscreen that’s as cosmetic as it is clinical,” says New York dermatologist Michelle Henry. Now it’s easier than ever to…

一隻看不見、摸不到的病毒，顛覆全球七十八億人口的生活。 空蕩蕩的街道、渺無人煙的海灘，猶如電影《二十八週毀滅倒數：全球封閉》。對台灣而言，這些曾經虛幻的場景，如今卻全部都化為真實的日常。 二○○八年的金融海嘯，世界各國體認到過去追求經濟發展，忽視分配而出現反省聲浪；二○二○年的新冠病毒，卻讓狂飆下的高風險社會現了形。 「後疫情時代，中產階級充分感受到生活一夕之間逆轉，」台大社工系教授古允文說，當政府或社會沒有妥善的安全制度，人民只好透過搶保單來抵禦風險。 然而，世上沒有任何一張保單，可以保障我們所有幸福安康。病毒再強大，台灣終需從眼前的挫敗中再起，此時需要的是趁機重新省思過去經濟發展模式，以及在新生疫病和氣候變遷的催化下，打造給予人民美好生活、創造永續幸福的新模式。 為檢視台灣在各面向的發展狀況，《天下雜誌》依據OECD（經濟合作暨發展組織）從二○一一年起公布的「美好生活指數」（Better Life Index），進行二○二一「天下幸福生活指數」調查，以攸關人們生活和福祉的十一項領域，涵括二十四個主、客觀指標，全方位評比，並比照OECD四十個主要會員國和伙伴國家排名。（表1）…

ON A COLLISION COURSE (“Is the Universe Infinite?”, Dec 2020) In the article is this statement: “Soon they learned the universe was expanding, too, with galaxies retreating from each other at ever-accelerating speeds.” If this is correct, there can be no collisions between galaxies. But then how does one explain spiral galaxies, the origins of which are explained by the collision of two or more galaxies? James AdieEnterprise, Ala. Author Eric Betz responds: For brevity’s sake, we omitted a detail pertinent to your question. Galaxies in general are retreating from each other, or red-shifted. This was first established observationally by Vesto Slipher and Edwin Hubble, and it’s been confirmed by repeated observations over the past century. However, from our local perspective, a handful of galaxies, like Andromeda, are actually blue-shifted, or moving closer to us.…

Last month this column—along with the world’s capital markets—wondered why Beijing would hurt its own tech stars, such as Ant Financial, Didi Chuxing and TAL, with a barrage of new regulations. My thought was that President Xi Jinping was waving a red flag at China’s tech talent: Turn your attention away from splashy consumer tech: online loans, ride shares, tutoring games and the like. Get busy on strategically core technologies, for example, semiconductors. Xi’s bid for national self-sufficiency of at least 70% in critical tech by 2025 is bogged down by China’s weakness in this most strategic of all technologies. A bit of history. Fifty years ago this November, America’s Intel laid the foundation of the digital era with the 4004, the world’s first microprocessor. The project had started in 1969…

根據瑞士信貸最新公布的「二○二一全球財富報告」（Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report）指出，台灣高資產人士的財富正突飛猛進成長。報告顯示，台灣去年平均每位成人財富增加一萬五二七○美元，達到二十三萬八八六○美元；以中位數來說，台灣每位成人財富也足足提高六六六○美元，達九萬三○四○美元。以人數計算，台灣的百萬美元富豪人數，預估到二五年將增加至一○三．一萬人，比二○年增加六九．三％，成長幅度遠大於韓國的六八．六％、新加坡的六一．九％，及香港的五九．八％。 無論財富或人數，台灣都以亞洲之冠的亮眼成績快速成長，這不僅代表台灣經濟的成長，更是財富管理的底氣。底氣足了，接下來，就看江湖門派各自高下，各家銀行各展神通了。…

台北萬華社福中心會談室的小窗子看出去，就是龍山寺莊嚴的重檐歇山頂；室內，男人任由沉甸甸的肉身陷入沙發椅，「遠離顛倒夢想，究竟涅槃⋯⋯。」他低誦《心經》，同時也陷入自己的半生回憶。 大家都叫他「胖胖」（化名），胖胖眼神溫柔無害，皮膚上卻有被太陽與風摧殘的痕跡。他已在街頭當了多年的無家者，原先跟父母、兒子住在中和，但陰錯陽差碰了安非他命，腦子開始變得奇怪，有東西會在裡頭呢喃，「像是旁人在聊天，我聽到聲音，沒聽到內容⋯⋯。幻聽，讓我很害怕。」 「我離開家裡，是因為⋯⋯。」淚珠在胖胖眼裡忽地滾了起來，「我兒子那時候調皮搗蛋，我應該是走火入魔了，把他拉到旁邊用力踹⋯⋯。」他仰頭，沒讓淚水流下來，「⋯⋯我打斷我兒子的腿。」於是，他離開老家與親人，開始在街頭流連。「有段時間就算拿了身障補助，我也用來買菸，痛苦嗎？我只覺得整個人茫茫渺渺。」日子像是一片漫長的焦糊。 但萬華這片土地，就像庇護眾生的龍山寺，它不過問你過去或現在，不過問你貧富，它只扮演著弱勢者的生天活路。「還好大楚他們來關心我們。」胖胖說。…

Browsing slowed to a crawl, the inability to stream, dropped Wi-Fi signals, wireless dead zones—each of these problems is maddening in a world where getting online has become, for some, as necessary as breathing (well, maybe not that critical—but still important). When the only way you can get decent reception is by standing next to your wireless router, our tips can help. 1. CHECK YOUR WIRED INTERNET CONNECTION Before you blame Wi-Fi, make sure the internet coming into your house is performing as it should. Find an Ethernet cable and plug your computer directly into your modem—if your laptop doesn’t have an Ethernet port, you’ll need a USB to Ethernet adapter. Then run a speed test. If your speed-test result doesn’t match the speed on your internet bill, you may need to call…